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Andrea Quattrini
Department / Division
Education
- B.Sc., Millersville University of Pennsylvania
- M.Sc., University of North Carolina - Wilmington
- Ph.D., Temple University
Additional Resources
Learn more about ongoing research in the Quattrini Lab
Collections Areas
- Anthozoa
- Anemones
- Black Corals (Antipatharia)
- Azooxanthellate & Zooxanthellate Corals
- Fossil Corals
- Octocorallia
Research Interests
Evolution and Ecology of Marine Biodiversity, Invertebrates, Corals, Deep Sea
Publications
- Frometa, Janessy, Etnoyer, Peter J., Quattrini, Andrea M., Herrera, Santiago, and Greig, Thomas W. 2021. "Genetic Divergence and Polyphyly in the Octocoral Genus Swiftia [Cnidaria: Octocorallia], Including a Species Impacted by the DWH Oil Spill." Diversity, 172. 13, (4), https://doi.org/10.3390/d13040172.
- Glon, Heather, Quattrini, Andrea, Rodríguez, Estefanía, Titus, Benjamin M., and Daly, Marymegan. 2021. "Comparison of sequence-capture and ddRAD approaches in resolving species and populations in hexacorallian anthozoans." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 163, San Diego, California: Academic Press Incorporated Elsevier Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107233.
- McFadden, Catherine S., Quattrini, Andrea M., Brugler, Mercer R., Cowman, Peter F., Dueñas, Luisa F., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Paz-García, David A., Reimer, James D., and Rodríguez, Estefanía. 2021. "Phylogenomics, Origin and Diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria)." Systematic Biology, 635–647. 70, (4), Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa103.
- Ramírez-Portilla, Catalina, Baird, Andrew H., Cowman, Peter F., Quattrini, Andrea M., Harii, Saki, Sinniger, Frederic, and Flot, Jean-François. 2021. "Solving the Coral Species Delimitation Conundrum." Systematic Biology, https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syab077.
- Stefanoudis, Paris V., Biancani, Leann M., Cambronero-Solano, Sergio, Clark, Malcolm R., Copley, Jonathan T., Easton, Erin, Elmer, Franziska, Haddock, Steven H. D., Herrera, Santiago, Iglesias, Ilysa S., Quattrini, Andrea M., Sigwart, Julia, Yesson, Chris, and Glover, Adrian G. 2021. "Moving conferences online: lessons learned from an international virtual meeting." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, (1961), London, England: The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1769.
- Stolarski, Jarosław, Coronado, Ismael, Murphy, Jack G., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Janiszewska, Katarzyna, Mazur, Maciej, Gothmann, Anne M., Bouvier, Anne-Sophie, Marin-Carbonne, Johanna, Taylor, Michelle L., Quattrini, Andrea M., McFadden, Catherine S., Higgins, John A., Robinson, Laura F., and Meibom, Anders. 2021. "A modern scleractinian coral with a two-component calcite–aragonite skeleton." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, (3), Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2013316117.
- Untiedt, Candice Bobby, Quattrini, Andrea M., McFadden, Catherine S., Alderslade, Phil A., Pante, Eric, and Burridge, Christopher P. 2021. "Phylogenetic Relationships Within Chrysogorgia (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia), a Morphologically Diverse Genus of Octocoral, Revealed Using a Target Enrichment Approach." Frontiers in Marine Science, Article 599984. 7, Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.599984.
- Voolstra, Christian R., Quigley, Kate M., Davies, Sarah W., Parkinson, John Everett, Peixoto, Raquel S., Aranda, Manuel, Baker, Andrew C., Barno, Adam R., Barshis, Daniel J., Benzoni, Francesca, Bonito, Victor, Bourne, David G., Buitrago-López, Carol, Bridge, Tom C. L., Chan, Cheong Xin, Combosch, David J., Craggs, Jamie, Frommlet, Jörg C., Herrera, Santiago, Quattrini, Andrea M., Röthig, Till, Reimer, James D., Rubio-Portillo, Esther, Suggett, David J., Villela, Helena et al. 2021. "Consensus Guidelines for Advancing Coral Holobiont Genome and Specimen Voucher Deposition." Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.701784.
- Auscavitch, Steven R., Lunden, Jay J., Barkman, Alexandria, Quattrini, Andrea M., Demopoulos, Amanda W. J., and Cordes, Erik E. 2020. "Distribution of deep-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals across abiotic environmental gradients on three seamounts in the Anegada Passage." PeerJ, Article e9523. 8, London, England: PeerJ Incorporated. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9523.
- Cowman, Peter F., Quattrini, Andrea M., Bridge, Thomas C. L., Watkins-Colwell, Gregory J., Fadli, Nur, Grinblat, Mila, Roberts, T. Edward, McFadden, Catherine S., Miller, David J., and Baird, Andrew H. 2020. "An enhanced target-enrichment bait set for Hexacorallia provides phylogenomic resolution of the staghorn corals (Acroporidae) and close relatives." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Article 106944. 153, San Diego, California: Academic Press Incorporated Elsevier Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106944.
- Erickson, Katie L., Pentico, Alicia, Quattrini, Andrea M., and McFadden, Catherine S. 2020. "New approaches to species delimitation and population structure of anthozoans: two case studies of octocorals using ultraconserved elements and exons." Molecular Ecology Resources, Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13241.
- Poliseno, Angelo, Santos, Maria Eduarda Alves, Kise, Hiroki, Macdonald, Brooks, Quattrini, Andrea M., McFadden, Catherine S., and Reimer, James Davis. 2020. "Evolutionary implications of analyses of complete mitochondrial genomes across order Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia)." Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 858–868. 58, (4), Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12380.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., Rodríguez, Estefanía, Faircloth, Brant C., Cowman, Peter F., Brugler, Mercer R., Farfan, Gabriela A., Hellberg, Michael E., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Morrison, Cheryl L., Paz-García, David A., Reimer, James D., and McFadden, Catherine S. 2020. "Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time." Nature Ecology & Evolution, London, England: Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01291-1.
- Sánchez, Juan Armando, Neira-Ramírez, Lorena, Rodríguez-Bermúdez, Adriana, and Quattrini, Andrea. 2020. "Role-Playing to Foster 'Deep-Sea Exploration' Through Active and Virtual Learning: A Class-Design for Colombian Higher Education." Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 9–17. 34, (3), Ubiquity Press. https://doi.org/10.5334/cjme.55.
- Bracco, Annalisa, Liu, Guangpeng, Galaska, Matthew P., Quattrini, Andrea M., and Herrera, Santiago. 2019. "Integrating physical circulation models and genetic approaches to investigate population connectivity in deep-sea corals." Journal of Marine Systems, 103189. 198, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103189.
- Jiang, Justin B., Quattrini, Andrea M., Francis, Warren R., Ryan, Joseph F., Rodríguez, Estefanía, and McFadden, Catherine S. 2019. "A hybrid de novo assembly of the sea pansy (Renilla muelleri) genome." GigaScience, 8, (4), https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giz026.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., McClain-Counts, Jennifer, Artabane, Stephen J., Roa-Varon, Adela, McIver, Tara C., Rhode, Michael, and Ross, Steve W. 2019. "Assemblage structure, vertical distributions and stable-isotope compositions of anguilliform leptocephali in the Gulf of Mexico." Journal of fish biology, 621–647. 94, (4), HOBOKEN; 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13933.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., Wu, Tiana, Soong, Keryea, Jeng, Ming-Shiou, Benayahu, Yehuda, and McFadden, Catherine S. 2019. "A next generation approach to species delimitation reveals the role of hybridization in a cryptic species complex of corals." BMC evolutionary biology, 116. 19, (1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1427-y.
- Uiblein, Franz, Nielsen, Jørgen G., Baldwin, Carole C., Quattrini, Andrea M., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2019. "Discovery of a Distinctive Spotted Color Pattern in the Cuskeel Neobythites unicolor (Teleostei, Ophidiidae) Based on Underwater-Vehicle Dives, with New Records from the Southern and Eastern Caribbean." Copeia, 277–286. 107, (2), The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-18-148.
- DeLeo, Danielle M., Herrera, Santiago, Lengyel, Stephen D., Quattrini, Andrea M., Kulathinal, Rob J., and Cordes, Erik E. 2018. "Gene expression profiling reveals deep-sea coral response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill." Molecular ecology, 4066–4077. 27, (20), https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14847.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., Faircloth, Brant C., Dueñas, Luisa F., Bridge, Tom C. L., Brugler, Mercer R., Calixto-Botía, Iván F., DeLeo, Danielle M., Forêt, Sylvain, Herrera, Santiago, Lee, Simon M. Y., Miller, David J., Prada, Carlos, Rádis-Baptista, Gandhi, Ramírez-Portilla, Catalina, Sánchez, Juan A., Rodríguez, Estefanía, and McFadden, Catherine S. 2018. "Universal target-enrichment baits for anthozoan (Cnidaria) phylogenomics: New approaches to long-standing problems." Molecular Ecology Resources, 281–295. 18, (2), https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12736.
- McFadden, Catherine S., Haverkort-Yeh, Roxanne, Reynolds, Alexandra M., Halàsz, Anna, Quattrini, Andrea M., Forsman, Zac H., Benayahu, Yehuda, and Toonen, Robert J. 2017. "Species boundaries in the absence of morphological, ecological or geographical differentiation in the Red Sea octocoral genus Ovabunda (Alcyonacea: Xeniidae)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 174–184. 112, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.04.025.
- Papacostas, Katherine, Rielly Carroll, Elizabeth, Georgian, Samuel, Long, Dustin, Devaul Princiotta, Sarah, Quattrini, Andrea, Reuter, Kim, and Freestone, Amy. 2017. "Biological Mechanisms of Marine Invasions." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 251–268. 565, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12001.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., Demopoulos, Amanda W. J., Singer, Randal, Roa-Varon, Adela, and Chaytor, Jason D. 2017. "Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 90–104. 123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.03.009.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., Gómez, Carlos E., and Cordes, Erik E. 2017. "Environmental filtering and neutral processes shape octocoral community assembly in the deep sea." Oecologia, 221–236. 183, (1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3765-4.
- Chaytor, Jason D., Demopoulos, Amanda W. J., Brink, Uri S. ten, Baxter, Christopher D. P., Quattrini, Andrea M., and Brothers, Daniel S. 2016. "Assessment of canyon wall failure process from multibeam bathymetry and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) observations, U.S. Atlantic continental margin." In Submarine mass movements and their consequences: 7th international symposium part II. Lamarche, Geoffroy, Mountjoy, Joshu, Bull, Suzanne, Hubble, Tom, Krastel, Sebastian, Lane, Emily, Micallef, Aaron, Moscardelli, Lorena, Mueller, Christof, Pecher, Ingo, and Woelz, Susanne, editors. 103–113. Springer International Publishing; Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. In Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 41. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_10.
- Kennedy, Brian R. C., Quattrini, Andrea M., Cheadle, Michael J., Garcia-Moliner, Graciela, Chaytor, Jason, Ford, Michael, Lobecker, Meme, Sowers, Derek, McKenna, Lindsay, Cantwell, Kasey, Schmidt, Wilford, Jimenez, Manuel, Demopoulos, Amanda W. J., Shank, Timothy M., Scharer-Umpierre, Michelle, and Mah, Christopher L. 2016. "Oceano Profundo 2015: Exploring Puerto Rico's Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs." Oceanography, 64–67. 29, (1), ROCKVILLE; P.O. BOX 1931, ROCKVILLE, MD USA: OCEANOGRAPHY SOC.
- Quattrini, Andrea M. and Demopoulos, Amanda W. J. 2016. "Ectoparasitism on deep-sea fishes in the western North Atlantic: In situ observations from ROV surveys." International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 217–228. 5, (3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2016.07.004.
- Radice, Veronica, Quattrini, Andrea, Wareham Hayes, Vonda, Edinger, Evan, and Cordes, Erik. 2016. "Vertical water mass structure in the North Atlantic influences the bathymetric distribution of species in the deep-sea coral genus Paramuricea." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 263. 116, (253), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2016.08.014.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., Baums, Iliana B., Shank, Timothy M., Morrison, Cheryl L., and Cordes, Erik E. 2015. "Testing the depth-differentiation hypothesis in a deepwater octocoral." Proceedings Biological Sciences, 20150008. 282, (1807), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0008.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., Nizinski, Martha S., Chaytor, Jason D., Demopoulos, Amanda W. J., Roark, E. B., France, Scott C., Moore, Jon A., Heyl, Taylor, Auster, Peter J., Kinlan, Brian, Ruppel, Carolyn, Elliott, Kelley P., Kennedy, Brian R. C., Lobecker, Elizabeth, Skarke, Adam, and Shank, Timothy M. 2015. "Exploration of the Canyon-Incised Continental Margin of the Northeastern United States Reveals Dynamic Habitats and Diverse Communities." PLOS ONE, e0139904. 10, (10), San Francisco: Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139904.
- Ross, Steve W., Rhode, Mike, and Quattrini, Andrea M. 2015. "Demersal fish distribution and habitat use within and near Baltimore and Norfolk Canyons, U.S. Middle Atlantic Slope." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 137154. 103, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2015.06.004.
- Ross, Steve, Brooke, Sandra, Quattrini, Andrea, Rhode, Mike, and Watterson, Carter. 2015. "A deep-sea community, including Lophelia pertusa, at unusually shallow depths in the western North Atlantic Ocean off northeastern Florida." Marine Biology, 635–648. 162, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-015-2611-2.
- Doughty, Cheryl L., Quattrini, Andrea M., and Cordes, Erik E. 2014. "Insights into the population dynamics of the deep-sea coral genus Paramuricea in the Gulf of Mexico." Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 71–82. 99, (Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.05.023.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., Etnoyer, Peter J., Doughty, Cheryl, English, Lisa, Falco, Rosalia, Remon, Natasha, Rittinghouse, Matthew, and Cordes, Erik E. 2014. "A phylogenetic approach to octocoral community structure in the deep Gulf of Mexico." Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 92–102. 99, (Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.05.027.
- Fernholm, Bo, Norén, Michael, Kullander, Sven O., Quattrini, Andrea M., Zintzen, Vincent, Roberts, Clive D., Mok, Hin-Kiu, and Kuo, Chien-Hsien. 2013. "Hagfish phylogeny and taxonomy, with description of the new genus Rubicundus (Craniata, Myxinidae)." Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 296–307. 51, (4), https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12035.
- Ilves, Katriina, Quattrini, Andrea, Westneat, Mark, Eytan, Ron, Chaplin, Gordon, Hertler, Heidi, and Lundberg, John. 2013. "Detection of Shifts in Coral Reef Fish Assemblage Structure Over 50 Years at Reefs of New Providence Island, the Bahamas Highlight the Value of the Academy of Natural Sciences' Collections in a Changing World." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 61–87. 162, https://doi.org/10.1635/053.162.0105.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., Georgian, Samuel E., Byrnes, Luke, Stevens, Alex, Falco, Rosalia, and Cordes, Erik E. 2013. "Niche divergence by deep-sea octocorals in the genus Callogorgia across the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico." Molecular ecology, 4123–4140. 22, (15), https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12370.
- Quattrini, Andrea M., Ross, Steve W., Carlson, Michael C. T., and Nizinski, Martha S. 2012. "Megafaunal-habitat associations at a deep-sea coral mound off North Carolina, USA." Marine Biology, 1079–1094. 159, (5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-1888-7.
- Ross, Steve, Carlson, Michael, and Quattrini, Andrea. 2012. "The utility of museum records for documenting distributions of deep-sea corals off the southeastern United States." Marine Biology Research, 101–114. 8, https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2011.628680.
- White, Helen, Hsing, Pen-Yuan, Cho, Walter, Shank, Timothy, Cordes, Erik, Quattrini, Andrea, Nelson, Robert, Camilli, Richard, Demopoulos, Amanda, German, Christopher, Brooks, James, Roberts, Harry, Shedd, William, Reddy, Christopher, and Fisher, Charles. 2012. "Impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep-water coral community in the Gulf of Mexico." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 20303–20308. 109, (50), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1118029109.
- Ilves, Katriina L., Kellogg, Loren L., Quattrini, Andrea M., Chaplin, Gordon W., Hertler, Heidi, and Lundberg, John G. 2011. "Assessing 50-Year Change in Bahamian Reef Fish Assemblages: Evidence for Community Response to Recent Disturbance?" Bulletin of Marine Science, 567–588. 87, (3), Ingenta. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2010.1052.
- Davies, Andrew J., Duineveld, Gerard C. A., van Weering, Tjeerd C. E., Mienis, Furu, Quattrini, Andrea M., Seim, Harvey E., Bane, John M., and Ross, Steve W. 2010. "Short-term environmental variability in cold-water coral habitat at Viosca Knoll, Gulf of Mexico." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 199–212. 57, (2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2009.10.012.
- Ross, Steve W., Quattrini, Andrea M., Roa-Varón, Adela Y., and McClain, Jennifer P. 2010. "Species composition and distributions of mesopelagic fishes over the slope of the north-central Gulf of Mexico." Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 1926–1956. 57, (21), (Gulf of Mexico Cold Seeps) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.008.
- Quattrini, Andrea, Partyka, Melissa, and Ross, Steve. 2009. "Aspects of the Reproductive Biology of the Skate Fenestraja plutonia (Garman) off North Carolina." Southeastern Naturalist, 55–70. 8, (1), https://doi.org/10.1656/058.008.0106.
- Ross, Steve W. and Quattrini, Andrea M. 2007. "The fish fauna associated with deep coral banks off the southeastern United States." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 975–1007. 54, (6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2007.03.010.
- Quattrini, Andrea and Ross, Steve. 2006. "Fishes associated with North Carolina shelf-edge hardbottoms and initial assessment of a proposed marine protected area." Bulletin of Marine Science, 137–163. 79,
- Meister, H. S., Wyanski, David M., Loefer, Joshua K., Ross, Steve W., Quattrini, Andrea M., and Sulak, Kenneth J. 2005. "Further Evidence for the Invasion and Establishment of Pterois volitans (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) along the Atlantic Coast of the United States." Southeastern Naturalist, 193–206. 4, (2),
- Quattrini, A. M., Lindquist, D. G., Bingham, F. M., Lankford, T. E., and Govoni, J. J. 2005. "Distribution of larval fishes among water masses in Onslow Bay, North Carolina: implications for cross-shelf exchange." Fisheries Oceanography, 413–431. 14, (6), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00344.x.
- Quattrini, Andrea, Ross, Steve, Sulak, Ken, Necaise, Ann, Casazza, Tara, and Dennis, George. 2004. "Marine fishes new to continental United States waters, North Carolina, and the Gulf of Mexico." Southeastern Naturalist, 155–172. 3, https://doi.org/10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0155:MFNTCU]2.0.CO.